MSLM: You should be thankful that I updated this. I have no Internet. I had to sneakily update this at church, while stealing their wifi, and on my phone. BE THANKFUL! (BTW I turned Kuwabara into a girl.)

Thank you Lives-in-Fantasy! (My awesome beta-person!)

this means its in Japanese

Dudley and Harry shuffled around trying to make the other talk first. Dudley won, but in Harrys defense, Dudley IS bigger.

"W-we, um, are students here. We came by to see Sensei Mizou... Is he here?" Harry questioned.

"He sold the place to me." Genkai stated, as brisk as ever.

"Oh, um... do you know why he sold it?" Harry asked curiously, as Dudley rolled his eyes behind Harrys back, exasperated with his cousins curiosity.

"He decided to move to Japan to be closer to his family."

"Oh, well, we'll just be going then..." Harry said turning back to Dudley. He turned back when Genkai started to speak.

"I'm curious as to why you came to see him in the middle of the night."

"Well, we, uh, we were, um, we ju-"

"For God's sake, Harry you suck at lying!" Dudley interrupted. Harry blushed as Dudley continued. "We needed a place to stay. Our family locked the door, as a punishment for being out to late. We'll find a hotel."

"You can stay here, if you help me with chores and help me unpack tomorrow. It'll be a lot of hard work." Genkai offered, well, more like demanded. Harry and Dudley were shocked, they hadn't expected such kindness from a total stranger. Genkai raised an eyebrow, waiting for an answer which Harry scrambled to find.

"Oh, thank you! You won't even know we're here. Thank you so much." Harry babbled at Genkai, beaming brightly, green eyes shining. Dudley nodded vigorously from behind Harry, a grin so big on his face, it looked as if it might crack. Genkai shooed them inside, uncomfortable with the gratefulness rolling off the two boys. As they shuffled inside, she noticed a couple bruises, but she wrote them off as consequences from their earlier wrestling match.

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Genkai wasn't joking when she said they were going to be working hard the next day. She had them running about doing chores and unpacking like her in-laws were about to visit any minute. While they worked, they didn't notice Genkai wondering about the bruises she saw last night, or how her eyes narrowed when Harry's shirt rode up, or when she noticed Harry gasp in pain when a box knocked into his leg.

When Dudley and Harry sat down for lunch that afternoon they were completely exhausted. Harry was used to it, but Dudley wasn't used to such manuel labour. He always tried to help Harry with his chores, but he couldn't do it often becouse his mum and dad would get angry if Dudley was caught helping and Harry would pay for it. Genkai handed each of the boys a microwaved TV dinner. Despite the dinners being only lukewarm and still partially frozen, the boys ate it with gusto. The table was silent, the only noises were forks scraping against plastic and chewing. When everyone was finished, Genkai started questioning the boys.

"Do you often fight like you did last night?" She said while analyzing their faces for when they might lie. Dudley glanced at Harry whose emerald eyes were wide.

"That wasn't a serious fight. That was just us playing around." Dudley moved to answer.

"Do you often get hurt when you play around like that?" Genki raised one of her eyebrows as she asked this.

"Oh, no! If one of us actually gets hurt we tell the other to stop the fight!" Dudley rushed to reassure her, occasionally glancing with concern at Harry, wondering why he was now holding his head in his hands and slowly shaking it back and forth.

"So how is it that you both have multiple bruises, his leg seems to be injured and his back is all cut up, and all day you've been favoring your right arm?" Genkai asked fiercely. It was quiet as Dudley tried to think of a lie that covered all of their injuries. He looked at Harry hoping for some help, but Harry wouldn't look up. He was staring at his hands as if they were the most interesting thing he had ever seen. Dudley opened his mouth to spew an undoubtedly unbelievable lie, but Genkai derailed him before he could even begin.

"Do not lie to me. I already can guess what happened. Someone, I do not know who, has been hurting you. And last night, either you ran away or were kicked out. You may stay here longer if you continue to work as you have... You will tell me after I have finished treating your injuries." Genkai said as she got up. The boys stood as well and Harry started rolling up his trouser leg.

Genkai interrupted their actions by saying "It will be a lot easier, if you take off all of your clothes." Genkai smirked at how quick their faces went from gratitude to horror. "Well, what are you waiting for? Come on, strip!" The smirk disappeared from her face as the extent of the injuries was unveiled. She sighed as she realized how long this patching job would take. She got to work.

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Genkai was almost finished bandaging up the boys, except for Harrys back. Dudley and harry had relaxed completely at this point. Genkai was about to start on Harrys back, when the door slammed open and what looked like a pile of luggage with legs entered.

"You old Hag! Why did we have to pick up the rest of your luggage?! Couldn't you have got it all the first time?" The luggage said. It seemed to wobble for a second before it all came crashing down. The legs, apparently, belonged to a rather ruffled looking boy. He stood at about 5'11 with black slicked back hair and brown eyes which widened in shock as he took in the scene before him. He got over his shock, when someone or something slammed into his back.

A feminine voice grunted in annoyance and then started yelling. "Damn it, Urameshi! Move out of the way! You're not the only one overburdened. MOVE!"

There was a crash and then a red headed girls head popped out from behind Urameshi. Her hazel eyes widened and then they went crashing to the floor. Behind them stood a boy who, though shorter than average, he still managed to look imposing. Don't get it wrong though, he still was taller than Harry. His foot was raised in the air as he had just kicked over the imbeciles standing in his way. He had black hair that stood six inches high with a white tuft in the middle. His eyes looked like fire come to life.

He was also carrying luggage, but not as much as Urameshi. He came in and let his luggage tumble to the ground near the door. Urameshi spoke up from the floor. "Damn, Kuwabara! What have you been eating?"

There was the sound of flesh meeting flesh, the crack of a bone breaking, and a string of cursewords. The red head, Kuwabara, stood up with a huff. "Wha' da 'uck wad dat fo'?" Urameshi screamed as best as he could while trying to stem the flow of blood from his broken nose.

"You don't call a lady fat!" Kuwabara stated with a sniff. As they bickered another boy with red hair and green eyes picked his way through Kuwabaras dropped luggage. He stood at 6'2. His eyes roved around the room and stopped on the two naked boys standing frozen in the middle of the room. He cleared his throat and everyone turned to look at him.

They then followed his gaze and Urameshi opened his mouth. "Damn, Genkai! I dew you 'ad to b' k'nky, bu really? Tads a bi' much!" Harrys eyes widened in horror before he scooped up his clothes and fled the room.

As he was leaving he heard Genkai sigh and mutter "You idiot..."

MSLM: The end of the chapter has come folks. Farewell and forget me not. For I shan't be away for as long as I used to be. My muse will not leave me well enough alone. She basically duct taped my hands to my keyboard.

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MSLM: And that, my dears, is my muse. Invigorating ain't she? I shan't update unless I get 10 reviews. Evil, aren't I.